Primary Job Title Chairman Primary Organization 
West Coast Reduction
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Gender Male
Gordon Robert Diamond is the Chairman of West Coast Reduction Ltd. and Austeville Properties Ltd. Having acquired a background in the meat packing industry, Gordon, along with his brother Charles, worked with his father, Jack, to found and build West Coast Reduction Ltd. As a far-sighted entrepreneur, Gordon initiated the construction and
development of new rendering plants in Nanaimo, Calgary, Edmonton, and Saskatoon.
Gordon Diamond graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree awarded by the Faculty of Business Administration. He joined the family business, J Diamond and Sons Ltd. after graduating, and worked for Pacific Meat Company before that company was sold in the early 1960s.
In 1999, Gordon was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Honoris Causa, awarded by Simon Fraser University. In 2007 Gordon was awarded the Order of British Columbia and in July 2019 he was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
